Lindsay: Well, of course. They’re like babies. You have to train them to go outside, but once they’re trained they can be wonderful companions, and I don’t know they’re pretty soft and cute and lovable.

Jake: But I don’t think it’s worth the extra work. You have to clean up after them and of course, like you said, you have to train them.

Lyndsay: But a dog will always love you. There’s not another animal that’s like that? That will always love you no matter what. Don’t you think so? Can you think of another animal that will always love you?

Jake: Cats maybe.

Lindsay: No way. Cats are so finicky. Cats don’t really like you, I feel like. I feel like the dog is there right when you walk in the door waiting for you to come home. A cat is out next door walking on the fence. They don’t care about you.

Jake: Yeah, you’re right. I think dogs are more friendly than cats overall.

Lyndsay: I think you’re just afraid of dogs because you haven’t had a good experience with a dog, but if I get a dog than you can come to my house and play with my dog.

Jake: I am sure I would like your dog.

Lindsay: Oh, good. OK. So please come to my house and play with my new dog, if I get one. I’m not sure yet.

英会話ボキャブラリー確認

レッスンの中のいくつかの語彙について学びましょう。

everyone keeps warning me

Everyone keeps warning me about that.

People ‘warn’ others when they want them to be careful and avoid
danger. Notice the following:

Everyone keeps warning me about smoking.

My teacher keeps warning me about talking in class.

you’d better reconsider

You’d better reconsider getting one.

When we ‘reconsider’ something, that means we think again about a
decision we have made or an opinion we have. Sometimes we decide to do
or think about things in a different way. Notice the following:

If you want quit school, you’d better reconsider.

Laptops are expensive. You might want to reconsider buying one.

toilet trained

Sometimes they’re not toilet trained.

Pets of course can’t use a toilet so we must teach them to go
outside instead. Once they learn, we say they are ‘toilet
trained.’ Notice the following:

My puppy still isn’t toilet trained.

You need to toilet train pets immediately.

companions

They can be wonderful companions.

A ‘companion’ is a good friend you spend lots of time with.
Notice the following:

My dog is my closest companion.

We’ve been companions since primary school.

finicky

Cats are so finicky.

It’s very difficult to make ‘finicky’ people happy. Finicky cats are
not happy unless they get exactly the food they want. Notice the
following: